Show t Breez Through Sports JD j 1 By Eric Bresee Sports Co-Sports Editor Sniff Sniff Can you smell it Its It's as potent as freshly cut grass Its It's as noticeable to everyone as the ther r pollen is to allergy sufferers It started started start start- ed emanating a couple of weeks ago f Its It's Spring pring i Spring has sprung and nd that 1 f means only one thing Playoffs e The National Basketball Association and the National r l Hockey League begin the quest for forr r their respective Holy Grails in the coming weeks The leagues' leagues grueling grueling grueling gruel gruel- ing game 82 preseason is winding f down and teams are preparing for forthe forthe 6 the equally grueling two months of r r playoff games Of course 90 percent of you willbe will willbe willbe be watching the playoffs This year the playoffs can be predicted easier than a hot knife cutting through butter Nobody will beat the Bulls Nobody will hop on the Utah Jazz band bandwagon agon Nobody will believe in inthe the he Houston Rockets because because of of all the injuries they have endured and they'll smack every team in the West Who needs that While the rest of you will be watching the National Boring ball Association playoffs Ill I'll be watching watching watching watch watch- ing something much more exciting Where else can you get the fast paced action that you get in the Who else can hit harder than most of the duds in the NFL You Youcan Youcan Youcan can get all this in what is popularly known as the Stanley Cup playoffs While the is predictable this years year's playoffs are not Can the Colorado Avalanche repeat Will Scotty Bowman finally get the Detroit Red Wings their first Cup since 1954 Can the New Jersey Devils with newly acquired Doug Gilmour win their second Cup in three years Will anyone end the Pittsburgh Penguins season and Mario Lemieux's career Can New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Rangers Ranger's Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier rekindle the magic from their glory days in Edmonton From the beginning of a dynasty Colorado to a great career being cut short Lemieux there are many great story storylines lines coming from this years year's Stanley Cup playoffs The playoffs promise to be exciting Hockey is a sport that should appeal to everyone who loves sports Its It's faster than basketball and its it's more physical than football I love this game If youre you're getting tired of the slow-down slow scoring low-scoring affairs give hockey a shot In fact if you dont don't like hockey I challenge you to watch just one playoff series If after one playoff series you dont don't find it as the most entertaining sports around let me know Chances are it'll will be better than crying over the Jazz blowing another er chance at the Finals Sniff Sniff |